The Bloggies are Back in Action!

These bloggies were dead give aways. I've been blog stalking lately, well sorta lately.

Personal: Cookie-monster definitely has a personal blog. She's always posting things relevant to her life and I think some of them are so funny!

Logs: Without a doubt Alice in Happy High. Not only are her reading logs great, but she is always updated on her pages read and the books she's read. I don't know what it is about it but I love it.

Videos: By far the best videos are from Tee it Up. This is just a general link to her blog because she's posted so many videos (recently/previously). Her music videos especially are to die for.

New Addiction: Boyce Avenue

As we all know so many musicians get their start from posting videos on Youtube. I love listening to covers, especially acoustic covers, of songs. I've found tons of great artists that I've grown attached to, but I just recently discovered Boyce Avenue. They're absolutely amazing. After hearing it like twice I'm addicted to their cover of Michael Jackson's Will You Be There. I strongly suggest that you check them out especially if you're into acoustic covers.


(Sorry if you're like me and are annoyed by how the video is bigger than the middle section of my blog, but I promise watching it is worth it!)

Reading: Catching Fire

New summary through page 326.

The so called fog turned out to be a poisonous gas. Katniss wakes the gang and they take off in the opposite direction. As they're making their escape Peeta's artificial leg catches in a mass of vines and he falls to the ground getting hit by the vapor. Sadly the effects are worse than blisters. The left side of Peeta's face has drooped and his facial muscles have died. Katniss realizes the chemical in the fog not only burns their skin, but it also targets their nerves. Katniss has to carry Mags out by she can't manage it the entire way and Finnick has to carry Peeta. Since Finnick can't carry both Mags and Peeta, Mags crawls off into the fog and is taken over by the fog, she dies.
The fog stops and the three take a breather adjusting to the crazy sensations from the gas. Shortly they crawl to the water around the Cornucopia. They put themselves into the salt water (remember: salt water + wounds = terrible pain) and the poison begins to seep from their wounds, they're recoveries get better and better after the long they've been in the water.
When Katniss and Finnick are in the jungle they spot a huge mass of monkeys, but when Peeta approaches they go wild. They're muttations! The tributes go at the monkeys using their sword, arrows, and trident. As a monkey heads off for Peeta the morphling from District 6 comes out of no where and the monkey bites her in the chest. She dies within minutes from the bite, the alliance manages to escape, and the dead monkeys vanish.
Finnick keeps watch while Katniss and Haymitch sleep. He fills two baskets full of water and one of shellfish. Katniss wakes up and realizes she's been scratching her scabbed body in her sleep and has woken up with dried blood on her fingernails. Another gift comes from Haymitch, only this time it's smelly ointment that stops her itching; however it leaves her skin a grayish green. Another parachute arrives and it's fresh bread.
Katniss guesses that eleven are dead, so thirteen remain. The trio spots another trio and they're in terrible shape. The second trio consists of Johanna, Beetee, and Wiress (aka Nuts and Volts). Beetee has a huge gash from his shoulder to his ribs.
Johanna reveals that Mags was Finnick's mentor and she's basically half his family.
They basically just relax and go back to bed taking turns keeping watch.